Updated Saturday Feb. 21

2026 NBA Strength of Schedule Rankings

Strength of Schedule Played and Strength of Schedule Remaining for all 30 NBA teams.

Our NBA Strength of Schedule rankings represents the average difficulty of those opponents that each team has faced or will face during the current season. The strength of an opponent is determined by their ranking in our Composite NBA Power Rankings. A low opponent average ranking (opp avg) indicates a difficult schedule, whereas a high opponent average ranking suggests an easier schedule.

NBA Strength of Schedule Played

Our Strength of Schedule Played shows the current average ranking for each opponent that a given team has faced to date.

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	TEAM	DIVISION	GURU RANK	AVERAGE OPPONENT RANK
1	KingsSAC12-45	Pacific	29	13.08
2	Trail BlazersPOR27-30	Northwest	21	13.56
3	SunsPHX32-24	Pacific	14	14.09
4	HawksATL27-31	Southeast	19	14.15
5	PacersIND15-42	Central	26	14.26
6	NetsBKN15-40	Atlantic	28	14.28
7	PelicansNO15-42	Southwest	25	14.42
8	ClippersLAC27-29	Pacific	13	14.51
9	JazzUTAH18-39	Northwest	27	14.54
10	MavericksDAL19-36	Southwest	23	14.59
11	76ersPHI30-25	Atlantic	18	14.82
12	BucksMIL24-30	Central	22	14.82
13	MagicORL29-25	Southeast	16	14.84
14	GrizzliesMEM21-33	Southwest	20	14.86
15	HornetsCHA26-31	Southeast	17	14.92
16	SpursSA39-16	Southwest	3	14.98
17	HeatMIA30-27	Southeast	10	15.07
18	BullsCHI24-32	Central	24	15.34
19	WarriorsGS29-27	Pacific	11	15.38
20	WizardsWSH16-39	Southeast	30	15.48
21	RaptorsTOR33-23	Atlantic	15	15.59
22	CavaliersCLE36-21	Central	6	15.62
23	RocketsHOU34-20	Southwest	8	15.65
24	KnicksNY35-21	Atlantic	4	15.69
25	LakersLAL34-21	Pacific	12	15.98
26	CelticsBOS36-19	Atlantic	5	16.13
27	TimberwolvesMIN35-22	Northwest	9	16.25
28	ThunderOKC43-14	Northwest	1	16.45
29	PistonsDET41-13	Central	2	16.50
30	NuggetsDEN36-21	Northwest	7	16.55

NBA Strength of Schedule Remaining

Our Strength of Schedule Remaining rankings show the average difficulty of opponents each team will face for the rest of the season.